Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception

Cathedral in Sligo, Ireland, dating from 1870–1880

Detached limestone Norman Romanesque Revival Roman Catholic Cathedral, built c. 1875. Orientated north-south, square-plan four-stage tower to south with pyramid roof flanked by octagonal three-stage corner turrets to east and west, five-bay nave with flanking east and west aisles, two-bay east and west transepts each with apse projecting from north side, apsidal chancel with lower ambulatory, apsidiole projecting to north of ambulatory, square-plan five-bay two-storey over basement sacristy to west of west transept. Pitched and hipped slate roofs, single-pitched to aisles, clay ridge tiles to nave, cast-iron cresting to chancel and apsidole, lead valley linings, lead caps to conical roofs, cast-iron finials to apexes, gabled dormers to east and west sides of apsidoles, moulded cast-iron gutters on moulded ashlar limestone corbelled eaves courses, cast-iron rectangular downpipes with eared fixings. Hipped slate roof to sacristy, gabled projections to east and west carrying ashlar limestone corbelled chimneystacks, central lead-clad skewed belfried spire, gabled dormers to north and south sides, wood-cored lead hips and ridges, moulded cast-iron gutters on moulded ashlar limestone eaves course. Pitched stone roofs to tower and turrets, lucarnes to each side of tower roof. Squared-and-snecked tooled ashlar limestone walling; corbelled parapet to tower roof; staged angle-buttresses

Type:
Cathedral

Period:
1870–1880

Where:
Sligo, Ireland

Coordinates:
54.27°N, 8.48°W

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